This Awesome Mom Re-Created Kendall Jenner's Calvin Klein Ads to Show Love for Her Stretch Marks

Not-so-breaking news: Bodies can be stressful. And there's no worse time than right now, when everyone is simultaneously shedding layers and thinking about guac. That's why we're so into what this one mother did. A lawyer and single mom to an eight-year-old son, Brenda DeRouen re-created Kendall Jenner's Calvin Klein ad, posing in her own pair of Calvins to show off and call attention to her stretch marks. "This is for the millions of women out there who recognize that their bodies are a piece of art, that it will continuously change and that it will naturally show signs of maturity, growth, age, and, for those women who are super lucky, motherhood," DeRouen wrote on her blog, Oh Brenda!, which only launched this week (its tagline is, perfectly enough, "A Positive Place for Positive People"). We're pretty sure we need to be BFFs with her.

She chose to re-create an underwear ad in particular because they rarely show real women. "I'll never look like Kendall and that's okay," DeRouen told us. "I look like me and I'm just as sexy. So, I decided to change the narrative with darker skin and a not-so-perfect body."

Here's Jenner's original ad, as a refresher:

And here's DeRouen's IRL version:

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In a world where people are actually contouring their butts, it's a relief to see something real and honest like this. Stretch marks are a part of life—so why hide them? It's great for Jenner that she doesn't have any, but it sets a ridiculous standard that none of us should. And stretch marks are only the beginning. "You may not have stretch marks from pregnancy; hell, you may not have stretch marks at all," DeRouen wrote. "But I guarantee you there is something that you are struggling with. Whether it’s your weight, your hair, or your breast size, just know that there is no such thing as a perfect body." It's a special, necessary reminder of something we should all keep in mind as "beach season" gets closer and closer: That bodies are good, bodies are different, and we should just appreciate them for what they are. While that's simple, it's not necessarily easy.

It's not like DeRouen has always had this attitude. For years after the birth of her son, she was self-conscious about her stretch marks. It wasn't until she was gearing up to launch her positivity- and empowerment-focused blog when, prompted by a friend's statement about self-love, she realized, "How was I going to start a blog and tell people to love themselves when I didn’t even love myself?" "I decided right then and there that I needed to go face to face with my insecurities," explained DeRouen. "I decided to no longer feel self-conscious about my body. I would no longer allow society to define my beauty. And I would fall in love with me, completely." And since then, she has—but instead of stopping there, she's inspired tons of other women to do the same with her real, beautiful photos, too. Who needs a model when you have a role model like her?